March 31st, 2014 is the first annual Love Remembers Day – Celebration of Lives Lost to Anaphylaxis. This day is being dedicated to the memory of those in the food allergy community who have died from Anaphylaxis.
Why I Want My Son To Fail His Food Allergy Test
Right off the bat that title just shrieks of bad parenting. Who would want their child to fail any test at all, let alone one that could erase a life threatening food allergy from their child’s life? Well, me in this case..
Two Cents Tuesday: The Smurfs 2 Movie
So what could I possibly have against a children’s movie that would cause me to need to vent? Peanuts, that’s what. I grew up watching those little blue people sing their “La La” song and have never had a problem with it. I thought the fact that a movie was being done about it was […]
Coming Soon!!! Anaphylaxis Canada’s 7th Community Conference
Last year I attended my first ever Anaphylaxis Canada Community Conference in Toronto, Ontario and wow, what an eye opener it was. My son, four soon to be five year old William, has Food Allergies and was diagnosed at the age of 8 months. Ever since then my husband and I have been trying to […]
Allergic Reactions Get Some Help
When it comes to being prepared for an allergic reaction, I consider myself to be a well equipped parent. I have an Epi Pen in my purse at all times. We have one in the house as well as at our daycare provider’s home. My son’s school has one in the office and William wears […]
It’s Just Not Worth the Risk: Our Anaphylactic Experience
A story of a child’s first and hopefully last, anaphylactix reaction to his Food Allergies. You may shed some tears as I did, but hopefully this will bring more awareness to this horrible and scary issue. Please share this with your friends. FT&PD Suz
Epi Pen Test
For awhile now I have been meaning to practice using an Epi Pen, a real one, just to see what it is like. An Epi Pen, which is short for epinephrine auto-injector, is a medical device used to house and deliver a certain amount of epinephrine, better known as adrenaline. Epi Pens are most commonly […]
I’m Not There Yet…
A short while ago I read this amazing blog post called “Rants of a Food Allergy Mom” and it was posted here on the Mom vs Food Allergy blog. It had me in tears. Yes, it was that good, but not everyone will feel the same way about it that I did. You see the […]